Woolworths Limited, Australia

Purpose and Scenario of A1
Purpose of A1: All good managers need to know how to find, research, and apply academic
concepts to real world situations. This assessment will help you learn these skills.
Scenario: Assume you have applied for a graduate traineeship at RSPCA Australia
https://www.rspca.org.au/ or JB Hi-Fi Group Pty Ltd https://www.jbhifi.com.au/. As part of the
job selection process the organisation requires you to complete the following three-part
assessment.
A1.1 Academic Integrity Module – Due 5pm 23/11/17:
In this module you will learn the Deakin Harvard style of citation and referencing. You will need to
apply Deakin Harvard to your A1.2 and A1.3. This module is compulsory and must be completed
to gain access the A1.2 and A1.3 drop-boxes. To access the module go to the MMM132 unit site.
A1.2 Pre-Report Preparation Questions – Due 5pm 30/11/17
The aim of these three questions is for you learn how to:
 Plan your final Business Report by planning its proposed Table of Contents(TOC).
 Use academic ideas (i.e. theory and concepts from the textbook and peer reviewed academic
journal articles) to help understand, analyse and critically examine real world organisations.
 Find peer reviewed academic journal articles relevant to understanding management.
 Develop your academic and business writing skills.
 Provide Deakin Harvardstyle in-text citations and a reference list.
 Ensure your answers meet the requirementsshown in the assignment marking rubric.
The three questions you must complete are:
1. Provide a Table of Contents(TOC) showing the section and sub-section headings you plan to
use in your A1.3 Business Report.
2. Write a 500 word (+/- 10%) discussion on your chosen organisation’s general environment and
analyse the impact of one real-life dimension in its general environment in 2016/17. You must
use academic definitions and ideas to describe, structure, and support the information in your
discussion and analysis. Begin your research by reading pp. 32–41 of the textbook.
In this answer you must include:
(a) a citation from the textbook
(b) a citation from a suitable peer reviewed management academic journal article
(c) a direct quotation using Deakin Harvard referencing style
(d) an indirect (paraphrased) quotation using Deakin Harvard referencing style.
3. Provide ONE reference list that includes the sources used in this task as well as the peer
reviewed academic journal articles you plan to use in the A1.3 Business Report.
In this reference list you must include:
(a) the MMM132 textbook
(b) five relevant peer reviewed academic journal articles. One article relevant to question 2 in
this A1.2 task and one article relevant to answering each of the questions 1-4 in the A1.3
FinalReport. (Normally you should only list works used in the body of this assessment but
you are required to include the A1.3 academic journal articles for planning purposes).
(c) at least one reputable (non-academic) source of